Part 897

Horn"-mad` (?), a. Quite mad; -- raving crazy.

Did I tell you about Mr. Garrick, that the town are horn-mad after?

Gray.

Hor"no*tine (?), n. [L. hornotinus of this year.] (Zoˆl.) A yearling; a bird of the year.

Horn"owl` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Horned Owl.

Horn"pike` (?), n. The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]

Horn"pipe` (?), n. (Mus.) (a) An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn. (b) A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing.

Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis.

Sir W. Raleigh.

(c) A dance performed, usually by one person, to such a tune, and popular among sailors.

Horn"pout` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Horned pout, under Horned.

Horn"snake` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below.

Horn"stone` (?), n. (Min.) A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.

Horn"tail` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Any one of family (UroceridÊ) of large hymenopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvÊ bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females.

Horn"work` (?), n. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.

Horn"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with finely divided leaves.

Horn"wrack` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.

Horn"y (?), a. [Compar. Hornier (?); superl. Horniest.] 1. Having horns or hornlike projections. Gay.

2. Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the nature of horn. "The horny . . . coat of the eye." Ray.

3. Hard; callous. "His horny fist." Dryden.

Horn"y-hand`ed (?), a. Having the hands horny and callous from labor.

Horn"y*head` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Any North American river chub of the genus Hybopsis, esp. H. biguttatus.

Ho*rog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; hour + -graphy: cf. F. horographie.] 1. An account of the hours. Chaucer.

2. The art of constructing instruments for making the hours, as clocks, watches, and dials.

Hor"o*loge (?), n. [OE. horologe, orloge, timepiece, OF. horloge, orloge, oriloge, F. horloge, L. horologium, fr. Gr. &?;; &?; hour + &?; to say, tell. See Hour, and Logic.] 1. A servant who called out the hours. [Obs.]

2. An instrument indicating the time of day; a timepiece of any kind; a watch, clock, or dial. Shak.

Ho*rol"o*ger (?), n. A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one skilled in horology.

Hor`o*log"ic*al (?), a. [L. horologicus, Gr. &?;.] Relating to a horologe, or to horology.